So again, unfortunately, we have big spenders in our party. And listen, I ran in 2010 because we were Mortgage Our Children's Future. We were $14 trillion in debt. Now We're $37 trillion in debt. And again, what we're talking about is adding another $20 trillion to that debt. Even if we pass a big beautiful bill again, and let me add as I do the math, this one big beautiful bill would actually increase the deficit. (05:44–05:47)
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